Technical efficiency of hybrid maize production in eastern terai of Nepal: A stochastic frontier approach
Maize is the second most important crop after rice in terms of area and production in Nepal. This article analyzes the technical efficiency and its determinants of hybrid maize production in eastern Nepal. Using a randomly selected data from 98 farmers (41 from Morang and 57 from Sunsari) in eastern...
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| author | Surya P. Adhikari Krishna P. Timsina Peter R. Brown Yuga N. Ghimire Jeevan Lamichhane |
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| description | Maize is the second most important crop after rice in terms of area and production in Nepal. This article analyzes the technical efficiency and its determinants of hybrid maize production in eastern Nepal. Using a randomly selected data from 98 farmers (41 from Morang and 57 from Sunsari) in eastern Nepal, the study employed a stochastic frontier production model to find the production elasticity coefficients of inputs, determinants of efficiency and technical efficiency of hybrid maize farmers. The results showed that maize production responds positively to increase in amount of urea, DAP and the area planted, where as it is negative to seed quantity. The study indicate that farmers are not technically efficient with a mean technical efficiency 79 %. Socioeconomic variable age had a negative and significant while the household size had a positive and significant related to maize output. The younger farmers were observed more technically efficient than older farmers. Larger the members in the household higher the maize production. It is recommended that farmers should increase their fertilizer dose and farm size while they should decrease their seed rate for efficient production. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d681bd6b0a4948afb0ec8ad684b7adff2025-08-20T02:04:01ZengTribhuvan University, Institute of Agriculture and Animal ScienceJournal of Agriculture and Natural Resources2661-62702661-62892018-12-0111189196https://doi.org/10.3126/janr.v1i1.22234Technical efficiency of hybrid maize production in eastern terai of Nepal: A stochastic frontier approachSurya P. Adhikari0Krishna P. Timsina1Peter R. Brown2Yuga N. Ghimire3Jeevan Lamichhane4Socioeconomics and Agricultural Research Policy Division (SARPOD), Khumaltar, Lalitpur, NepalSocioeconomics and Agricultural Research Policy Division (SARPOD), Khumaltar, Lalitpur, NepalCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), AustraliaSocioeconomics and Agricultural Research Policy Division (SARPOD), Khumaltar, Lalitpur, NepalRegional Agricultural Research Station, Khajura, Banke, NepalMaize is the second most important crop after rice in terms of area and production in Nepal. This article analyzes the technical efficiency and its determinants of hybrid maize production in eastern Nepal. Using a randomly selected data from 98 farmers (41 from Morang and 57 from Sunsari) in eastern Nepal, the study employed a stochastic frontier production model to find the production elasticity coefficients of inputs, determinants of efficiency and technical efficiency of hybrid maize farmers. The results showed that maize production responds positively to increase in amount of urea, DAP and the area planted, where as it is negative to seed quantity. The study indicate that farmers are not technically efficient with a mean technical efficiency 79 %. Socioeconomic variable age had a negative and significant while the household size had a positive and significant related to maize output. The younger farmers were observed more technically efficient than older farmers. Larger the members in the household higher the maize production. It is recommended that farmers should increase their fertilizer dose and farm size while they should decrease their seed rate for efficient production.https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/janr/article/view/22234/18961Efficiencyhybridstochasticmaize |
| spellingShingle | Surya P. Adhikari Krishna P. Timsina Peter R. Brown Yuga N. Ghimire Jeevan Lamichhane Technical efficiency of hybrid maize production in eastern terai of Nepal: A stochastic frontier approach Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources Efficiency hybrid stochastic maize |
| title | Technical efficiency of hybrid maize production in eastern terai of Nepal: A stochastic frontier approach |
| title_full | Technical efficiency of hybrid maize production in eastern terai of Nepal: A stochastic frontier approach |
| title_fullStr | Technical efficiency of hybrid maize production in eastern terai of Nepal: A stochastic frontier approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Technical efficiency of hybrid maize production in eastern terai of Nepal: A stochastic frontier approach |
| title_short | Technical efficiency of hybrid maize production in eastern terai of Nepal: A stochastic frontier approach |
| title_sort | technical efficiency of hybrid maize production in eastern terai of nepal a stochastic frontier approach |
| topic | Efficiency hybrid stochastic maize |
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